By Danielle Daniels
GAME NOTES
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A final road test awaits No. 5/5 Indiana Football when it travels to Ohio Stadium to face off with No. 2/2 Ohio State on Saturday (Nov. 23) on FOX. The top-5 showdown will be the site of FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff and ESPN’s College GameDay.
No. 5/5 INDIANA (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten) at OHIO STATE (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten)
Ohio Stadium (Columbus, Ohio)
Saturday, Nov. 23 | noon ET
TV: FOX | RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network
Setting the Scene
• Indiana will travel to Columbus, Ohio, for a road game on Saturday at noon in Ohio Stadium on FOX. The network’s Big Noon Kickoff and ESPN’s College GameDay pregame shows will be there leading into the top-5 matchup.
• It will be the second time this season that Indiana has had Big Noon Kickoff as well as the second time having College GameDay. Big Noon came to Bloomington in Week 8 against Nebraska (10/19) and College GameDay was at Memorial Stadium in Week 9 against Washington (10/26).
• This will be the 98th all-time meeting between the two programs with Ohio State leading the series, 80-12-5. Indiana is seeking its first win over Ohio State since 1988, when it won, 41-7.
• Indiana and Ohio State each enter the game with a top-10 ranking in the AP and Coaches Polls as well as the College Football Playoff Top 25.
By The Numbers
57 – Indiana’s 57 offensive touchdowns on the season are its most since 2013 (61) and are tied for the most in the FBS with Miami (Fla.).
7 – At 7-0, Indiana has already set a program record for most conference wins in a single season in program history.
32 – Indiana’s 32 rushing touchdowns are the most in a season since 2001 (33; 12 games).
10 – The 10-game winning streak is the longest streak in program history. The previous record was eight consecutive games in the 1945 and 1967 seasons.
3 – Indiana is one of the final three undefeated teams in the FBS (Indiana, Army, Oregon).
News & Notes
• • Indiana enters the game with a 10-0 record after defeating Michigan (11/9), 20-15, in Week 11. This is Indiana’s first time in program history starting a season 10-0 and it is the most wins in a single season in program history.
• Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to start his head coaching tenure with a 10-0 record. He is the first-ever Division I head coach to start 10-0 in consecutive seasons at different schools (James Madison, 10-0, 2023; Indiana, 9-0, 2024).
• The 20-15 win over Michigan marked Indiana’s first win of the season by one score. Cignetti is 27-18 in his career in one-score games. He has won seven of his last nine and is 21-9 in his last 30 one-score games.
• Indiana improved to 7-0 at home to mark the most home wins in program history.
• Against Michigan, senior quarterback Kurtis Rourke passed for 206 yards and two touchdowns. His performance moved him to No. 17 in IU’s single-season charts for total offense (2,427), No. 13 in season passing yardage (2,410), tied for No. 5 in passing touchdowns in a season (21) and No. 7 in 200-yard passing games in a season (7).
• Junior wide receiver Elijah Sarratt moved his consecutive games with a catch streak to 35-straight games with a 36-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter to put Indiana up 14-3.
• Junior linebacker Aiden Fisher had 14 stops for his eighth-career double-digit tackle game and fourth as a Hoosier. The last time was in Week 8 against Nebraska (10/19).
• Redshirt junior defensive lineman Mikail Kamara owns at least one tackle in all 33 career appearances and at least a half tackle for loss in 29 of 33 career games. He had his third fumble recovery of the season when he picked up an Alex Orji fumble that was forced by Terry Jones Jr. in the second quarter.
• Redshirt senior defensive lineman CJ West had a career-high nine tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss in the win over Michigan.
• Sophomore kicker Nicolas Radicic extended his single-season record for extra points made with 59 on the year with his 2-for-2 effort against the Wolverines. He also moved into a tie for No. 8 on the program’s consecutive field goals made list at nine-straight tries to open his career.
• With just 69 yards rushing allowed to Michigan, IU posted its seventh game holding the opponent under 100-yards rushing in 2024, which broke a tie with the 1990 squad (6) for the most such games in a single season since at least 1950.
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